Well another named storm has blown through the UK and particularly for us in Derbyshire and I have never seen so much rain!  It began on Thursday night with the rain and it never stopped yesterday at all and it was heavy rain too.  We also had high winds so lots of branches and some trees down.  It was named Storm Claudia.  Can we please stop naming them!  Because since we have been naming them they have seemed to be so much worse than normal, lets just call them Winter storms!!!!!!

Eldest was out with his Fire Brigade unit over night and have, with another unit, resced 57 from a bus which was stranded in flood water!  Generally in this weather it is silly people who drive into flooded roads and then their cars die because water gets into the air intake and then end up stranded.  They are rescued and then ask the Firemen to rescue their cars which, of course, they do not do!!!  

Coco has not been happy going out in it although last night just before bed when it was raining very hard she stood on our patio gazing around getting soaked, then objected to being dried when she came in!!!!   She is going to have a much needed brush later which she will not like either but she is a mess where she got very wet!!!

DH is spending today and tomorrow here at The Arc in Matlock for one of the local swimming clubs their Open.  We will be here in January for our Open. I, of course, have other jobs to do.  I did not get the cleaning finished on Thursday for another reason which I cannot share just yet, so I will be finishing that this morning.  Part of that reason was for our trip out yesterday,  I was not at Eldest’s yesterday so I am doing his work today as well.  I also want to get some quilting done too and it may be that I will get most of that done tomorrow.  I will perhaps pinch a day here or there to get things done.  

I am having the day off on Tuesday as Jayne is coming for lunch here, as I cannot still drive yet but I am making lunch.  Really looking froward to seeing her.  We have our next book to read which is Jayne’s choice and have a catch up.  The next few weeks and weekends are going to be busy and in between all of that we have to get the Christmas decorations up and sort out visits to Family and Friends.  Tonight when DH gets back we are going to sort out the Christmas gifts I have got already and then perhaps wrap them which will then be another job ticked off the list.   Just the Christmas cards then to do!

Yesterday should have been Book Club Friday, but we did not get back until late so I will be doing it and the post will go up later today.  

I hope you wonderful lot have had a good week.  Next week we are due to get the first cold snap of the year which I think we have done well to get to the third week of November without it being too cold so far.  We are going to have some frosty mornings and there will be scraping of car windows, quite glad I do not have to go out early in the morning!  Have a wonderful weekend. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx